Protestors in San Francisco carry signs protesting late-night-show host Jimmy Kimmel on Oct. 28, 2013, after a child made an unscripted comment earlier this month about how the U.S. should "kill everyone in China"

On Monday, protesters marched through the streets of San Francisco carrying pictures of funnyman Jimmy Kimmel’s face — with a Hitler mustache drawn above his lip and a swastika by his side. More than 100 people, largely Asian Americans, were still fuming about a skit that aired on Kimmel’s late-night show earlier this month.

In the midst of the government shutdown, Kimmel gathered a “kids’ table” to comment on the current state of affairs, similar to previous kids-say-the-darndest-things skits that Jimmy Kimmel Live has aired, whether asking youngsters to explain the national anthem or happenings in politics. When asked how America should pay back the money the U.S. owes to China, one child at the table suggested in an unscripted comment that America “kill everyone in China.” Kimmel chuckled and said, “O.K., that’s an interesting idea,” and soon jokingly asked a follow-up: “Should we allow the Chinese to live?” The kids gave mixed responses. (You can watch the video here.)

“We have a sense of humor,” the march’s leader Carl Chan said in a speech outside ABC headquarters. “But not at the expense of killing all Chinese.” Emphasizing that “kids will be kids,” many protesters argued that the problem was not the child’s comment but that Kimmel seemed to condone the idea and did not challenge it. Protest signs connected the skit to violence in the news. One alleged that ABC and Kimmel “teach kids killing today” and there’s “a school shooting tomorrow.”

ABC issued an apology late last week to one Asian-American group that complained about the skit, saying the segment will be edited out of future airings and online clips. The network has also released this comment to concerned viewers and consumer groups:

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“We offer our sincere apology. We would never purposefully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large. Our objective is to entertain. We took swift action to minimize the distribution of the skit by removing it from all public platforms available to us and editing it out of any future airings of the show. We hope our actions and our apology effectively address your concerns. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.”

The boisterous group in San Francisco chanted, “Fire Jimmy Kimmel,” “Boycott ABC” and “No more racial hatred.” Through megaphones, they demanded a more elaborate apology and that an ABC representative come receive letters of protest. Many had organized through social media and in response to news on Chinese radio shows. “Today’s hate speech,” shouted Chan, an Oakland, Calif., resident who works in real estate, “becomes tomorrow’s hate crime.” When no one emerged from the building, Chan started another chant: “We will be back,” he said, echoed by the crowd. “Today is only the beginning.”

All Chinese protesters or online commentators are employed by Chinese communists (China).

Overseas
Chinese has rallied against the joke "Kill everyone in China" as
solution to pay Chinese debt. The twist to these endless petitions
however, is that the Chinese are actually PAID to do so. USD70 a day,
plus a lunch-box, plus bottle of water, as paid by local New York
Chinese Association, and allegedly by the Chinese Embassy.

The
same tactic of mobilizing people to participate political
demonstrations comes no surprise to people of Hong Kong. In a rally to
support Chief Executive CY Leung's administration, held on the first day
of 2013, about 100 man as discovered by multiple media that upon the
petition, were paid $250 HKD.

Looking
back at Kimmel's show, what the kid does is barely based on his
unpolished gut feeling, where Kimmel has yet to ratify the answer. By
general observation, it's safe to say that Chinese lacks sense of humour
(where there is no synonym but only transliteration for the word
"humour in Chinese).

ABC and Kimmel have already apologized,
and canceled the segment. Why should Chinese keep pushing ABC to fire
Kimmel? And now you are found to pay people who , well, just shame on
you.

Enough! I am Asian American and the fact that you would be so outraged by a ludicrous joke is absurd. It's reckless and diminishes the true efforts against racial discrimination. It makes us look petty, which is why I am so personally upset by all you guys crying foul over this. How can we taken seriously when we fight true instances of racial stereotyping if we're creating an issue out of nothing?

Stop it with all you suggesting that we replace Chinese in the joke with Black, White, Jews, etc. Those are actually racial or religious groups and could be considered racist. You would need to replace Chinese with Canadian, American, Nigerian, Israeli. And if anyone took offense to a joke that was told in the same exact context but with a different country, I would be just as upset. If that same joke was told in Chinese media but with America being in the punchline, would you defend the country you call home? Probably not. But honestly, you shouldn't because it would just be a harmless joke. As an American-born Asian I would not be offended in the least bit.

Jimmy Kimmel Live is not really live. It is a pre-recorded
program, reviewed and approved by ABC management team. The kid's words were not
petent of that kid, but petented by ABC program writer. It was programmed,
rehearsed, selected (among many others), reviewed, and finally approved to
broadcast. Can anyone understand the procedure? That is the SOP (standard
operating procedure) of ABC!

It's extremely disgusting to coach the kid to say "kill
all xxxxxx".Jimmy Kimmel and his
team coached the kids say killing, and effectively influence all US kids to
think killing is an interesting idea. If one hears more killing in US school,
don't be surprised, as many supported the killing program here.

Murder to escape indebtedness is divisive regardless of what race or nationality is named. ABC should be fined and offer an apology for airing such a distasteful skit. ABC is Kimmel's boss and they approved the content. Kimmel should have responded in an appropriate way to the child's comment. Granted, kids say funny, stupid, and outrageous things because they have no filters. Kimmel has no excuse. He should have provided the filter and instead of, "OK, that's interesting..." how about, "No, that's murder...NOT OK!"

Before White people arrived on America
continent, there were 100 millions Native Americans lived in today United States, Canada
and Mexico.White people murdered 95 millions Native
Americans.Millions of Black Americans
and African people were also suffered the same fate. The End of Chinese
Exclusive Act, more than 50 percent of Chinese Americans died from it and they
are still suffering today.These are the
genocide facts that still haunt America
today.It is funny for White people,
because you were the one who do all killings.Why White people don’t understand that?Because they had never the experiences of what Native Americans, Black
Americans and Chinese Americans went through. You will never understand it
until once day, your family member get kill by blind White man because you could
not see color, but he think that you are Black or Chinese person.For your information, Chinese Americans
demands that ABC Media Corp stop profiting from selling hatred and promoting
genocide on National TV. If you turn on your six ‘o clock news, there are
shooting in the schools, shooting work in places and shooting everywhere
period. Many of Chinese Americans may not speak English well, but they love America and
want safe place for their kids.

Hatred talk should never be broadcasted. If you have an Asian face and walk in
the street. Some thugs yell to you, " go back to China". You know
Killing Chinese is not a joke. In 1980s, the Japanese were blamed for econ recession. In Detroit, Vincent Jen Chin was beaten to death because of his Asian face. Now, the politician and media are scapegoating the Chinese as the problem. If don't stop it now, such trajedy likely happens again. We care.

This event shows how serious the many problems faced by the American society: First, moral education about killing and genocide. Second, financial responsibility about indebtedness. Third, racial discrimination deeply rooted and inseminated since childhood.

If the city of Chicago was indebted to the city of New York, and as a joke they said well “we could kill everyone in New York to avoid paying them back” would that be racist? Absolutely not. I’d love to hear you argue that it is. That is in EXACTLY the same spirit of Jimmy Kimmel’s joke. It was referring to the nation of China in the context of us owing them money and how we can avoid paying it back.

The problem is, the people making issue out of this are confusing national pride with racism. They are only insulted by that comment because it was directed at China, not because it targeted a racial group (i.e. all Asians). These protestors should be ashamed of themselves. Just because they were personally offended by an innocuous joke that in no way speaks down on the people of China (it’s not like the joke says that they are inferior in anyway) or speaks to all Asians (or any other racial group for that matter) doesn’t mean they should go on some personal crusade and spin this as a racial issue when it’s not. They either know it’s not racist or they’re too stupid to grasp the difference between racism and a joke that targets a nation. Either way it’s inexcusable, reckless, and disparages the good name of Asian Americans. Had the joke truly spoke down on Asians with remarks of bigotry or racial stereotypes (which does in fact exist a lot in the media), then I'd support their efforts to put an end to that. But clearly they don't seem interested in issues of real racial injustice.

Their misguided sense of Chinese national pride and cultural differences have led them to find offense to something that is not. I would not be offended if that same joke referred to the country where my ancestors are from or if it were targeted at America. They fight for Asian Americans yet it’s clear that they have not even adopted the American way of life and attitude towards humor and comedy. Not one American-born Asian would find that joke offensive. These protestors should just shut up and stop speaking for Asian Americans, because clearly they are only out to serve their own self interest and don’t represent real Asian Americans. It’s shameful really.

@JollyJona You're making quite a few assumptions here. Why do you assume these people call China home? They've settled in the US, have family here, contribute to the community, work and pay taxes, yet are treated by you and others as foreign. Who cares if you're offended or not. Who cares if you claim to be "Asian American" as if that's a badge that allows you to represent others. They are offended for reasons you may not understand, perhaps you should listen instead of being dismissive.

I don't want to be rude man, but I don't see a good reason for them to protest. Jimmy Kimmel, his writers and Anne Sweeney should be locked up in the pen, that's for sure. On the other hand, we can have them transported to the PRC and execute them by a firing squad.

You want to know why it happened? It's because of Ronald Reagan. He spent tons of collateral damages in Afghanistan during the soviet union days and tons of deficits. That's the reason why the United States is simply barbaric and is accusing people of different national origins for something they didn't even do. Thomas Jefferson will be laughing and pointing at us from the skies by now.

I have no problems with discriminating against another person's nationality. Sure, I like some Chinese people, but the government in the PRC is where they dropped the ball. If they want to support such one-party system, that's their problem. They're going to ask for war and chaos by 2050. Besides, I hate everyone equally no matter what gender, specie or nationality they are. In reality, Chinese is not a race. Humans are a race. How is this a racial issue? It isn't. Our national debt is the real issue here.

@LittleBuddha They already teach enough about how bad genocide is and financial responsibility and racial discrimination. By the way, this incident had nothing to do with race. Look up what a "race" is before adding that little snag.

@JollyJona a joke is something so absurd that it is not possible to happen. what the kids said happens in the past (chinese exclusion act not long time ago), widely supported now (huffington post commented that it is the best ever talk show, numerous bloggers are saying there are too many chinese anyway), and likely to happen in the future (hostile warships are at the doorstep of china). kids say the darndest things. killing all the bankers may be a joke now here in the states, but it is not a joke in a country on the verge of revolution and the bankers are ready to run for their lives. killing all the chinese is not a joke when chinese in china and in states are threatened already.

@JollyJona Sure! A joke is a joke and this may not be about race. Kids just say the darndest things,...but is it right to teach/condone our children to say that to get out of a debt/responsibility is to kill off the creditor? Are we back to the wild wild west? This is the value we are teaching our kids, at the expense of a cheap laugh? Bankers watch out!

Before White people arrived on America
continent, there were 100 millions Native Americans lived in today United States, Canada
and Mexico.White people murdered 95 millions Native
Americans.Millions of Black Americans
and African people were also suffered the same fate. The End of Chinese
Exclusive Act, more than 50 percent of Chinese Americans died from it and they
are still suffering today.These are the
genocide facts that still haunt America
today.It is funny for White people,
because you were the one who do all killings.Why White people don’t understand that?Because they had never the experiences of what Native Americans, Black
Americans and Chinese Americans went through. You will never understand it
until once day, your family member get kill by blind White man because you could
not see color, but he think that you are Black or Chinese person.For your information, Chinese Americans
demands that ABC Media Corp stop profiting from selling hatred and promoting
genocide on National TV. If you turn on your six ‘o clock news, there are
shooting in the schools, shooting work in places and shooting everywhere
period. Many of Chinese Americans may not speak English well, but they love America and
want safe place for their kids.

@JollyJona. How can you speak for all American Asians. I am one and when I saw the video it made me cringe and uncomfortable when I heard that statement and then Jimmy asking should we let them all live. I dont think it is funny at all or entertaining. I find it very distasteful at best. You are very opinionated and need to wake up to what is true. They may have not intended to offend but it shows a lack of good judgement. If the kid said lets kill all Blacks or Jews all women, etc, would you think that would be ok or funny? If you think that would be ok then you are the one who is misguided or are too stupid to know what is right or wrong.

Don't ignore the strong link between nation and race. Vincent Chin case was a good example. Vincent was Chinese American but he was beaten to death because of the American hostile sentiment toward Japan as a nation in the 80's. Hostility toward China can put all people with Asian faces to danger. You think it's not related to racism?

1)The talk of killing is and should
never be funny, especially a show that was scripted, recorded, and
edited by teams of media professionals/overseers, and then broadcasted nationwide.

2)China only holds a little more than 7% of the total US debt, and an
average Chinese holds about $1000 US debt which is far lower than a
Japanese about $5000, Brits, Arabs and above American, it would make a
lot more sense to kill other US bond holders first instead of
scapegoating Chinese.

3)Chinese Americans responded the way they did for a good reason
because JK and ABC will not choose to advocate killing all Jewish people for
holding US bonds because they know what will happen next

4)Chinese need to boycott ABC’s mother company Disney at its new
theme parks at Hongkong and Shanghai, and let Micky know it is never a joke to
advocate killing Chinese or any other ppl.

First, the comment in the show targeted Chinese, the people, not China, the country. How could you say "killing all Chinese" was not targeting a racial group? It has nothing to do with national pride or anything. It's abosulately racism and not funny at all.

Second, your "NY & Chicago" example is totally not comparable to this situation. NY and Chicago belong to the same country and there is no issue of racism at all. But do you happen to know Chinese and American are two different races? How could you compare "NY & Chicago" to "Chinese & American"? Apple vs Orange? What's your point?

Thirdly, just image a TV show commented that "killing all African". Please tell me if African American will be mad or not when the show is aired? I believe the answer will be predictable. Now please tell me again if they are confusing national pride with racism or not?

Jona You may express yourself so eloquently here; however; you are a racist. If the skit had another ethicity, I bet that the same issue would come out. Remember, the Indian racial issue when Ashton Kutcher dressed up as an Indian guy. What happened there? Oh wait! That was just an act! What happen to the American humor. I guess little kids expressing to annihilate an entire race is suffice-- like the Jews during WWII.

@JollyJona I agree that it's lack of evidence to call JK a racist just based on the skit, but the fact that JK/ABC allowed this skit to air is questionable, especially JK had the experience of apologizing for his statement about burning down Detroit if LA lost the 2004 NBA finals and that show was pulled out by ABC before it's aired.

Oh, but teaching about how bad genocide, financial debt, and discrimination is doesn't necessarily mean the problem has been solved.

And stop with your snide, condescending comments. You knew what he meant; no, it's not racial discrimination, but it is discrimination based on nationality. And either way, it's a discriminatory remark made by a child.

@JollyJona. How about we ask the kids how to solve unwanted pregnancies and one of them replies let's kill all the women. Of course now this would be a joke and we should laugh it off right? It was a joke. Are you still with me?

@MKX00 BOOOHOOOO, Chinese isn't a race. So you're comparing apples and grapes here. And there has been such things said on TV. And your stupidity and racism is just ludicrous! What I find even more ironic is that you think that only whites can be racist, when in fact you're a racist punk, too!